Himachal Pradesh faced nature's fury. Bridges collapsed in Shimla, Lahaul, and Spiti. Cloudbursts and flash floods caused widespread damage. Over 300 roads closed, disrupting travel. A police post swept away, shops damaged. No casualties reported yet. Orange alert issued for more heavy rain. The state has suffered significant financial losses this monsoon. Many people have died in rain-related incidents. Several bridges were washed away in Shimla and Lahaul and Spiti districts, while over 300 r...Read More
Hyderabad: Much before the semiconductor unit proposed by Andhra Pradesh in its Tirupati Electronics Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) could see the light of the day, it has generated immense political heat in Telangana, where the state's IT and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu has accused the Centre of blatant partiality in the allocation of a major semiconductor project, despite TG's full preparedness to host it. The Minister said the state government had undertaken every step, including allotmen...Read More
Mumbai, Aug 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra, her businessman husband Raj Kundra, and an unidentified individual have been booked by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) for allegedly defrauding a Mumbai-based businessman of Rs 60.4 crore in a loan-cum-investment deal linked to their now-defunct company, Best Deal TV Pvt Ltd, police said on Thursday. According to Mumbai Police, businessman Deepak Kothari has accused the couple of jointly cheating him of more than Rs 60 crore...Read More
CHENNAI: With the access to the US market, which accounts for nearly one-third of exports from Tamil Nadu, facing the threat of 50 per cent tariff announced by President Donald Trump, State Industries Minister TRB Rajaa on Wednesday held a detailed consultation with industry partners to address their concerns and reaffirm the State government's commitment to protecting their interests. The minister discussed the development with exporters from key sectors like textiles, automobiles, gems and je...Read More
Hyderabad: North Telangana districts bore the brunt of heavy rains that disrupted normal life in many parts of the state on Wednesday. People in the northern districts were subject to harrowing times to reach their destinations due to the extensive damage to roads that was made worse by breaches across culverts and bridges on overflowing canals and water bodies. Meanwhile, flights were diverted at Shamshabad airport due to the heavy downpour in Greater Hyderabad limits. Hyderabad-bound flights ...Read More
The Union Cabinet has approved the establishment of four new semiconductor manufacturing units at a total cost of ₹4,594 crore. Two of the facilities will be set up in Odisha, with one each in Andhra Pradesh and Punjab, according to a statement by the Ministry of Electronics & IT. These four proposals approved are from SiCSem, Continental Device India Private Limited (CDIL), 3D Glass Solutions Inc., and Advanced System in Package (ASIP) Technologies. While SiCSem and 3D Glass will be set up in...Read More
As a part of nationwide call for protest by the Sayunkt Kisan Manch, farmers and workers across Himachal Pradesh organised a protest in Shimla on Wednesday. Voicing their opposition to anti farming and neo-liberal economic policies, central government trade decisions, and local land eviction drives. The protest in Shimla was organised at four designated spots and was marked by symbolic demonstrations and the submission of memorandums to authorities. Sohan Singh Thakur, president of the Himacha...Read More
BHUBANESWAR: Commercial banks in the state have made a credit disbursal of Rs 44,950.44 crore to around 3.66 lakh micro, small and medium enterprises during 2024-25 financial year. Replying to a question of BJD MP Sasmit Patra, Union minister of state for MSME Shobha Karandlaje informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday that margin money subsidy amounting to Rs 53.42 crore has been provided to 1,867 micro enterprises under Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme and 94,128 number of guarantees...Read More
China is easing urea shipment restrictions to India, signaling improved relations amid trade tensions with the US. India, a major urea importer, could receive up to 300,000 tons, potentially easing global supply constraints. This follows relaxed visa rules and possible meetings between leaders, indicating a thaw in relations after border clashes in 2020. China has eased curbs on urea shipments to India, in the latest indication of a thaw in tensions between Beijing and New Delhi as US President...Read More
Heavy rain is likely in parts of Tiruvallur and Ranipet on Tuesday and Wednesday, and additionally in Vellore and Tirupattur on Wednesday. Chennai and other parts of north Tamil Nadu are likely to experience rainfall for the next two days, The New Indian Express reported. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), heavy rain is likely in parts of Tiruvallur and Ranipet on Tuesday and Wednesday, and additionally in Vellore and Tirupattur on Wednesday. As per the report, the Nilgiri...Read More
An Indian diesel cargo is on its way to China. This marks the first such shipment since April 2021. The EM Zenith departed from Nayara's Vadinar terminal. EU sanctions on Rosneft-backed refinery complicated payments for Nayara. The vessel initially headed to Malaysia but changed course. It is now destined for Zhoushan, China. A cargo of Indian diesel is heading to China, in what would be first such shipment since 2021, with oil product exports from Russia-linked Nayara Energy in a state of limb...Read More
NEW DELHI: ED has arrested Sandeepa Virk, a social media influencer who also ran an online platform with little business, allegedly a front for money laundering.The arrest followed a police case registered in Mohali, with the probe agency conducting raids on Tuesday and Wednesday at multiple locations in Delhi and Mumbai, ED said in a press release.The agency said it found that Virk, who acted in movies and claims to be a cosmetologist, was in regular touch with Angarai Natarajan Sethuraman, a f...Read More
CHENNAI: PGP Group of Companies chairman, Palani G Periasamy, on Wednesday, addressed the media and clarified about the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) searches at his company's head office in Nungambakkam on Tuesday. CBI officials conducted searches at several locations in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday in connection with a Rs 120 crore bank fraud case against Kancheepuram-based Padmaadevi Sugars Limited, in which searches were also conducted at the head office of the PGP group of companies. The...Read More
Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. Upexi, a Nasdaq-listed company, has stepped up its bet on Solana by forming a new advisory committee and naming Arthur Hayes as its first member. Reports have disclosed the move came with a clear push to support the firm's large Solana treasury, which has drawn attention from investors and rival corporate treasuries alike. According to Upexi's own filings and public statements, ...Read More
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to a strict Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which provides for a maximum punishment of life imprisonment and fine of up to Rs 10 lakh for "forced conversion". The govt is likely to table the bill in the House, where they have a strong majority, for approval during the three-day monsoon session of assembly commencing on Aug 19.At present, the maximum jail term for such an offence is 10 years and the highest fine is Rs...Read More
Srinagar, Aug 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Economic Offences Wing of the J&K Crime Branch on Wednesday carried out searches at multiple locations in Srinagar city in connection with a fake investment scam wherein high returns were promised to investors. A statement by the crime branch said, "The Economic Offences Wing (Crime Branch Kashmir) today carried out searches at multiple locations in District Srinagar in connection with case FIR No. 11/2025 under Section 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC of P/S ...Read More
Heavy rainfall over the Shrikhand hills late this afternoon triggered sudden flash floods in the Ganvi and Nanti streams of Shimla district and the Kurpan stream in Kullu district's Nirmand subdivision, causing large-scale damage to infrastructure and property. The District Disaster Management Authority confirmed that people are safe in houses situated at the upper reaches. One HRTC (Himachal Roadways Transport Corporation) bus and an ambulance are stuck on the other side of the Ganvi rivulet. ...Read More
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, Aug 11 (Reuters) - India hopes trade talks with the U.S. will continue even as the U.S. hiked tariffs on its exports to 50% due to New Delhi's purchase of sanctioned Russian oil, two lawmakers said on Monday, citing a briefing to a parliamentary panel on foreign affairs. Last week, President Donald Trump imposed an additional 25% tariff on Indian goods due to Delhi's continued purchase of Russian oil, bringing the total duty on Indian exports to the U.S. to 50% - among the hig...Read More
New Delhi: India's states are racing to seize the electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing wheel, offering lucrative clean-energy policies as the Centre eases off the accelerator. From Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu to Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, top manufacturing states have put in place new EV policies over the past two years, dangling land discounts, tax breaks, and capital subsidies to woo EV makers and component suppliers. Joining them soon are Gujarat and Haryana, which are scheduled to release ...Read More
CHENNAI: The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) said a low-pressure area has been formed over west-central and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal, off the north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts, on Wednesday and predicted it to persist over the same region. The weather department added, "The upper air cyclonic circulation extends up to 7.6 km above mean sea level, tilting southwards with height. It is likely to move west-northwestward and become well-marked on Thursday, and move across N...Read More
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): The Indian Medical Association (IMA) headquarters has extended full support to the Haryana State Branch in its efforts to secure timely payments and proper budgetary allocations under the Ayushman Bharat scheme. In a letter dated August 13, 2025, addressed to IMA Haryana president Dr. Mahaveer Jain, IMA national president Dr. Dilip Bhanushali expressed serious concern over persistent delays in payments to empanelled hospitals in Haryana and other states. Als...Read More
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 14 (ANI): Samrat Mukherjee, honorary director of a Kolkata-based NGO, reacting to the Supreme Court's decision on the relocation of stray dogs, stated on Wednesday that it was a decision "taken in anger" and "impossible" to implement from the perspective of animal welfare. Mukherjee argued that housing large numbers of dogs together would risk cross-infection and high mortality, while the logistics and costs involved would be prohibitive. Also Read | TMC L...Read More
HYDERABAD, Aug 13 : Telangana IT and Industries Minister Duddilla Sridhar Babu has been named in the India's 100 Most Influential People in AI 2025 list, announced by Analytics India Magazine. The recognition honours individuals driving India's leadership in artificial intelligence through policy, innovation, and leadership. In the policymakers' category, Sridhar Babu features alongside Union Ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Piyush Goyal, former Union Minister Rajiv Chandrasekhar, India AI Missi...Read More
Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) started dismantling cycle tracks and shifting utilities in Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) as part of a sweeping road-widening and traffic management plan aimed at decongesting the financial district.A 13-km network of cycle tracks in BKC's G-block was sanctioned in 2011, with work beginning the following year. By 2021, about 9 km was completed at a cost of nearly ₹60 crore. Now, the entire stretch will be removed within a month, m...Read More
The Centre has outlined a series of measures to strengthen India's aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) industry as it works towards meeting the target of fulfilling 90 per cent of the country's MRO requirements domestically by 2040. Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol told Parliament that the government had introduced policy reforms, tax incentives and regulatory easing to create a conducive business environment for MRO providers, including Air India Engineering Ser...Read More
The workshop will be jointly organised by the Union environment ministry and the Tamil Nadu Forest Department. It will be inaugurated by Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav in the presence of his deputy Kirti Vardhan Singh. India is home to nearly 60 per cent of the world's wild elephant population, with 33 elephant reserves and 150 identified elephant corridors, according to the 2023 Report on Elephant Corridors in India. The last population estimation exercise in 2017 counted 29,964 e...Read More
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], August 12 (ANI): The Uttarakhand Chief Minister, Pushkar Singh Dhami, on Tuesday launched Information and Communication Technology-enabled services at Mukhya Sevak Sadan located at the Chief Minister's Camp Office, the release said. These include inauguration of Digital Uttarakhand App, inauguration of 66 websites based on Secure, Scalable and Accessible (S3Waas) platform, inauguration of GIS based web app developed for real time tracking of garbage collection ve...Read More
Vishal Sikka's early bet on global capability centers (GCCs) is now a reality as more companies insource tech operations in India. This shift challenges Indian IT giants, facing talent and business losses. While offering GCC-as-a-service, they navigate AI challenges and potential tariff risks under a possible Trump administration, impacting both IT firms and GCCs. Some Bengaluru-based doyens may disagree, but as recent events would suggest, Vishal Sikka was probably the most prescient of recent...Read More
New Delhi: Delhi govt has decided to set up a single-window system at the district level to handle all permissions and no-objection certificates required for holding Ramlila performances across the city. It has also decided to constitute a special committee to resolve any issue regarding the organisation of the events and ensure that the committees do not face any problem in seeking approvals.The decisions were made at a special meeting held at Raj Niwas under the chairmanship of lieutenant gove...Read More
Bhubaneswar: A state cabinet meeting, chaired by chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi, on Wednesday approved the establishment of an aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility at the Bhubaneswar airport. The project, spearheaded by Air Works India (Engineering) Pvt Ltd, will receive an additional incentive package of more than Rs 80 crore, supplementing the existing industrial policy.Briefing media persons after the cabinet meeting, chief secretary Manoj Ahuja said the facility would ...Read More